Demonic Monsters
Chapter 9
Family Reunions
"When," Hiei asked to Kurama's statement.
"She should arrive Friday night if what I heard was correct," Kurama answered.
"That was unexpected," Hiei commented as he hung up the phone while he still held onto Twyla from being in the middle of a beautiful kiss.
"Yeah, it was, but what are you going to do about Yukina, she knows and I can't imagine she'll be happy about being left out of the loop for so long," Twyla guessed.
"Not true, she will most likely be sad that I never told her who I was, I've had plenty of chances, but might be upset that nobody ever told her about finding our father," he guessed.
"Well, you know her better, but are you going to tell Yukina about us, or do we get to keep up the lie," she said with a little hope that the lie can continue.
"Is that anticipation for the lie to continue I hear, or have my keen demon/vampire ears deceived me," Hiei asked with an amused eyebrow raised.
"The lie is so exciting, helps keep the relationship from getting boring, which I have a feeling it never will even without the lie, but also it turns me on a little," Twyla confessed the last part with a small blush.
"I swear your becoming a little eviler the more we date," he said with a smirk.
"Never said that I wasn't in the first place, now did I," she said before leaning forward and kissing him passionately, and then the night got back on track the way Hiei planned.
Friday
This was the day, the day that Yukina was to come and visit her brother and newly discovered half-sister and father. In truth she knew for a while that Hiei was her brother, the only thing that really bothered her about what he did was not telling her about her father and half-sister. He could have played it off as Koenma sending him with her to keep her from kidnappers instead of not telling her and making her think she was alone. However, she knew why Hiei of all people came to live with them, he was being used as a political pawn to bridge the gap between monsters and spiritual beings. Doesn't mean she liked it, but she did understand why he didn't tell her about the newly discovered family, he didn't want her to be used as a political pawn.
After arriving in this New Salem, she took a taxi to the monster side of town, and then took a monster taxi to castle Dracula where a black castle like structure awaited her. It wasn't as big as the big ugly man's mansion, but it did look quite lovely for the size of it. She heard from Koenma that there was a school in the area, and figured that the lights were not on because the kids were at school and her father liked the dark.
"Can you wait here for a moment while I check and see if someone is home," she asked the taxi driver who nods and she steps out. She walks to the front door and rings the door bell, which sounded like a large bell ringing by the way. She waited a few more moments and rang again, and again nothing happened, and so she tried to sense someone in the house and couldn't. Yukina guessed they were probably at this school called Monster High that Koenma told her about.
She made her way back to the taxi and said, "can you take me to Monster High," to which the driver nodded and made his way to the school. When the taxi reached the school, Yukina found that it looked like a haunted mansion from the movies that Kazuma shown her a few times. It was mostly a dark purple though, which she found an odd look, but somehow fit well with the theme it was trying to go for, scary but welcoming.
She got out of the taxi after paying the driver with the proper amount, and still having plenty left over, she may not seem like it, but Yukina was quite smart with her stones. The stones that she cried were not all recovered from when she was taken because she took some, and she was able to get them exchanged for cash that she could use when needed in case of emergencies. For instance, when your brother that you knew was your brother for a while finds your father and half-sister and doesn't tell you about it so you need to confront him.
She opened the door to the school and walked through the halls, which were packed with students of all shapes and sizes, she soon found a werewolf with dark brown hair that looked nice enough to help her. She walked up politely and started, "excuse me miss werewolf, can you help me find the head teacher of this school, I need some help."
The werewolf turned around and saw a girl with crimson red eyes and aqua colored hair, "sure, headmistress Bloodgood's office isn't too far from here, I'm Clawdeen by the way."
"I'm Yukina, it's nice to meet you," Yukina said with a formal bow as Clawdeen motioned for her to follow.
"Are you hoping to enroll at Monster High, if so, what type monster are you, if that's okay to ask," the werewolf asked the demoness.
"It's fine, I'm actually an ice demon, and I'm here to see my brother and half-sister, but I figured going to the headmistress's office was the best way to do so," she said with a smile.
She didn't realize her words made Clawdeen realize who she was, the only other demon here was Hiei, and the only half sibling she could be referring to was Draculaura. "Could you be referring to a fire demon named Hiei and a vampire named Draculaura," Clawdeen asked nervously.
"Yes I am actually, do you know them and where they're at, that way I don't have to go to the headmistress's office," Yukina surmised.
"I do, Draculaura has gym with me at this time, I was just delivering something to a teacher, while Hiei has theater with Mr. Where, who do you want to see first," the werewolf asked.
"I'd like to meet with my sister first, I've never met her before and would like to as soon as I could," the ice demoness answered.
"Alright, this way," Clawdeen said with a smile as she led Yukina to the gym so she could finally meet Draculaura.
"How has Hiei been adjusting to life at this Monster High, has he made any friends," Yukina asked out of concern, mainly because she knew Hiei could be a little… prickly.
"He's actually made two, my sister Howleen, and a boogie monster named Twyla, but that's it," was the answer from the werewolf.
"What's a boogie monster," the demoness asked, she didn't know about the monster world much, so some of the species she didn't know of.
"They have control over shadows and can enter your dreams and turn them good or bad, depending on what they feel like," Clawdeen informed.
"Wow, no wonder Hiei is friends with her, she must be powerful, and I do believe he has always been attracted to strong women," Yukina said quietly to herself, but Clawdeen still heard her.
"He actually has a type, I thought he was, you know, not interested in the opposite sex," the werewolf asked kind of surprised that he had an interest.
"Of course, he may not seem like it because he hides emotions with snide remarks and a snippy attitude, but he actually does have those feelings that all males get. Like most demons, Hiei feels the need to show love and any other attachment as a form of weakness, but over the time he's stayed in the human world, that has become less of a factor. I have seen him checking out a few girls here and there when we were younger and I could sense him watching me like a protective older brother, but he never acted upon anything, guess he's waiting for the right one. The only difference is that he doesn't show it, and that he prefers fighting than dating or finding a lifelong mate, but yes, he does," the demoness informed.
"That's surprising, what about his actual skills in fighting, I'd heard that he won a fighting tournament a few months back, but he never mentioned it to anyone," Clawdeen asked, she was getting more information about Hiei then Draculaura could from the actual source.
"He's actually proficient in sword skills, martial arts, fire control, has keen eyesight from his third eye, and his speed is faster than anything I've ever seen," Yukina said.
"Wow, no wonder he likes the strong, I might want to prove myself if I wasn't so scared of him," the werewolf admitted as they stopped at the gym door.
"Don't worry, he won't harm you, he'll make the threats, but won't follow through unless you harm someone he can actually stand," the demoness admitted.
"Now I'm even more interested, he we are, the gym," Clawdeen said before pushing the gym doors open and revealed a standard gym with ball court and bleachers. People were playing, some were sitting on the bleachers, and some were hiding in the rafters and taking a nap, strangely reminding Yukina of Hiei.
"HINA," someone in a peppy voice yelled out before running up and scooping Yukina up in a bone crushing hug and crying tears of joy at a miracle.
"I'm sorry, Draculaura I presume, I'm her daughter, Yukina," Yukina introduced a little strained from the hug she was receiving from the vampire.
"Sorry, but if you're here that means that you know the truth, and that you've come to stay with us, YAY," Draculaura surmised then yelled out with glee after letting go of Yukina.
"Yes to all, and also to confront Hiei about not telling me about himself and at least of you and our father, by the way, where is he, I didn't see him when I stopped by your castle," the demoness asked.
"He went on a trip to Antarctica about six months ago, he should be back by the end of the week," the vampire informed before the bell rung and signaled for them to head to lunch.
"That's the signal for lunch, we have an hour before we have to go back to classes, Hiei has a free period after lunch so he stays in a secret spot that even I can't track since I can't track a demon," Clawdeen informed.
"I'll show you where he's at, I can sense his demon energy in a spot close to the roof, I'll guide you there," Yukina stated before being joined by Frankie, Jinafire, Cleo, and Ghoulia.
"Hey ghouls, is this a new student joining us," Frankie asked since she never saw her before.
"I'm actually going to see about that later when our father returns, I'm Yukina, Hiei and Draculaura's sister," the ice demoness introduced.
"That's great, I'm Frankie, that's Jinafire, Cleo, and Ghoulia, welcome to Monster High, well soon to be welcome, where are you all going," Frankie asked.
"Yukina was going to track Hiei using his demon energy so that we can finally see the infamous 'spot' that only three people know about," Draculaura stated.
"Voltagous, mind if we come with, we've all been so curious about that place since we first learned that Hiei disappears from sight around this time," Frankie asked.
"Sure, that way we can walk and talk about what I've learned about Hiei and ask Yukina some more questions," Clawdeen stated. After that they began to walk while following Yukina, who was being sure to track carefully and patiently as to not mess up. "So, get this, apparently Hiei has sword skills, fire powers, knows martial arts, has a third eye, and super speed. That's not the most surprising that I learned from Yukina though, I also learned that Hiei does actually have a type, strong and powerful."
"Seriously, I never thought that he had a type, or that he had so many skills, but we better all agree to keep this from Nefera, that'll make her pounce on him faster me at a shoe sale," Cleo suggested.
"Who's Nefera, is she an enemy of some sort," Yukina asked as they turned a corner and headed to the top floor climbing the stares.
"She's my sister and has a major crush on Hiei, the only reason she hasn't advanced is because he ignores anybody who tries. You might not believe this but he has a fan club here in school, and he chooses to ignore them all, but they keep on trying," Cleo informed.
"That is correct, but no matter how forward we advance, we just can't get him, but we will, no matter who is in our way," Jinafire surprised everyone by saying this.
"Seriously, you of all people are a member of his fan club, why," Frankie asked as they reached the top floor only to all stop and look at Jinafire.
"Dragons also like strong and powerful individuals as our mate, Hiei is the best candidate for that I have ever seen," she answered truthfully.
Ghoulia moaned out something, but Yukina couldn't understand what she said, thankfully, Jinafire did, "Jackson would be the worst mate for a dragon, no offence to your ex Frankie, but he didn't seem powerful or strong to me."
"It's okay, but don't say that to his face, and why did we stop at a janitor's closet," Frankie asked as they did indeed stop in front of a janitor's closet.
"Inside I can sense Hiei's demon energy, but two others are with him, and they seem to be close to one another," Yukina stated judging by their energies not having any malice towards the other.
"Must be Howleen and Twyla then, I wonder why they both are in a janitor's closet with him though," Clawdeen stated just as she stepped up to the door to open it. When she did, they found an ordinary janitor's closet, not a single thing was out of place, but everything did look a bit more dusty then what it should have been.
"Why is nobody in here, and what's with all this dust, the janitors are going in and out of all the closets all the time, I've even heard that Bloodgood tells them to keep it clean," Frankie stated as she entered the room.
"Wait, I sense them beyond the back wall, but I don't see a nob to turn or anything that can open it," Yukina stated.
"It must be invisible, I heard a rumor that there were a few doors that don't have nobs, or actually look like a door," Cleo stated.
"I think I hear giggling and chuckling behind that wall, everyone quiet down so we can listen," Frankie told them as they did begin to hear giggling and chuckling, then voices.
"I can't believe that they actually thought that was a video game, the others could have died while in Boo York if it wasn't for Ghoulia sending that signal, but I would have been fine using the dragon," Hiei stated.
"And killing an alien, then starting an interplanetary war with her race, that would've been something to tell future generations," Twyla commented.
"Yeah, what would you two have told your demon boogie babies, which would be so adorable I bet," Howleen squealed and making the ghouls gasp in shock at the implication of what she just said.
"I still can't believe you actually knew we were dating and didn't tell us or anybody, I thought you said you were bad at keeping secrets," Twyla asked. That got all the ghouls and Yukina to just have a mental break down right there, Hiei was actually dating someone, and it was Twyla of all people, add on the fact that Howleen kept it secret was something unheard of.
"I can't believe she finally told us she knew, why keep it secret for so long," Hiei asked.
"You two looked to be having so much fun keeping the lie going that I didn't want to spoil anything, but I also knew what could happen if Hiei were to have died in Boo York form a crashed space ship. Twyla would have been inconsolable, I would feel useless and not a single thing would cheer her up, and to add even more of a punch to the gut. She would feel so guilty about not telling me about it, but it would've been too late because you would be dead," Howleen explained sounding sadder the more she went on.
"That didn't happen so there was no need to keep on thinking about the what ifs and what could haves, the only thing you need to do is focus on what is," Hiei stated in his usual stoic voice. However, if one were to listen closely and not through a door, they would be able to tell that he held a softness in his voice reserved only for dear friends.
"I can't believe this is happening, should we let them know that we're here," Yukina whispered to the others, and they all shook their heads so they could listen in more.
"By the way, you realize what is going to happen in the future right, Draculaura and Clawd are going to get married which makes me and Hiei related through marriage. Then if you two decide to tie the knot then me and Twyla will be related through marriage again, so I'll officially have you as my sister," Howleen stated.
"I didn't even think about that, good thing we are practically sisters now so nothing will change," Twyla said.
"I didn't think about that either, that would've been awkward if me and Hiei did get together, but that isn't a possibility now that he's dating Twyla," Clawdeen whispered to herself.
"Quiet, we're trying to listen to here," Cleo whispered back to the werewolf.
"By the way, what are both of your siblings eating compared to us," Twyla asked her boyfriend obviously.
"Give me a second and I'll check," as soon as Hiei said that he activated his Jagan eye and sensed where they were, and Yukina and Draculaura thought they actually heard him visually pale.
"What is it, are they searching for us again, they should really give it up, they're never going to find us," Howleen asked making all the ghouls pale as well.
There was silence for a few minutes, so all the ghouls thought that they were whispering now, and would have continued if Frankie didn't find the door knob by accident and decided to go ahead and twist it. She didn't see however, that Yukina and Draculaura were still leaning against the door with their ears pressed against it trying to listen closer, and when she opened it, they fell down in a heap on the floor.
There was an awkward silence that filled the air like a thick fog that just wouldn't go away, then all at once they felt a wait of power coming from Hiei. This power was so crushing that it sent everyone else to their knees, except for Twyla who looked a little bored with the pressure she was feeling. "Now Hiei, you should let up on the pressure before you make the rest of your family scared of you, and by extension Howleen's family," Twyla chastised. Hiei heard her and let up on the pressure, but only enough for them to move about, he still kept it to where they could tell he was serious.
"When did you get so strong, I couldn't even move and yet Twyla looked bored," Jinafire noted out loud to everyone.
"Hiei's been training Twyla for a while now, she is the only monster that can fight a demon and win, I believe you all told me high B-class right," Howleen stated.
"Okay, when were you going to tell us that you two were dating, it's not right to keep secrets from family you know," Draculaura chastised.
"That information was private and none of your concern, if we wanted you to have known you would have, but seeing as you didn't know then we didn't want you to know," Hiei stated bluntly.
"Well, now that we do know, don't keep anymore of your life secret okay, we are just wanting to know each other as a normal monster family should," she stated with puppy eyes.
He stared at her for a moment to think of his response, and decided it was best to change the subject altogether. "Why are you here Yukina, the fox said you won't be coming until tonight, I assume you lied to him to surprise me," Hiei guessed.
"I didn't lie, I had a chance to take an earlier flight so I did, I just didn't tell anybody about it so I could surprise you, but I was the one that wound up surprised," Yukina informed.
"Yes, to find out I have friends must be quite the surprise, but I have to ask, how long have you known about me, I made sure to threaten anyone who knew not to tell you," he asked.
"I knew since you saved me from Tarukane, you really didn't think I would know my own brother after all the times I sensed you watching over me when we were younger," she rhetorically asked.
"I suppose, but why are the rest of you fools here, and speak quickly and I might let you keep your memories," Hiei said sharply.
"Well your sister came up and asked me where she could find Bloodgood when she mentioned she wanted to find her to lead her to you. Then I mentioned I knew where both you and Draculaura were, so she decided to meet with Draculaura first since they've never met before and Yukina has met you already, obviously. Then after that the other ghouls came to greet the soon to be new ghoul in school and one thing led to another and in the end Yukina led us here sensing your demon energy," Clawdeen explained.
"That's the how, I didn't ask how, I asked why, now tell me," he ordered with a spike of his energy.
"Curiosity," Cleo, Clawdeen, and Ghoulia stated, or in Ghoulia's case just moaned out.
"I was actually just following the crowd for any support anyone might need, you know energetic support," Frankie squeaked.
"I wanted to know where a potential mate was spending most of his time, and I challenge Twyla for right to claim him," Jinafire stated with a fire in her eye and a ready stance.
"You do know that you will be fighting someone who can take on a high B-class demon right, your level right now is a low F-class demon," Twyla said with a smirk that didn't look right on her.
"Does that mean you are afraid, a true warrior does not fear challengers, even if they are believed to be weaker than her," the dragon goaded still in a battle-ready stance. In a flash of movement that they couldn't even follow, Twyla was behind Jinafire holding her neck with her left hand and using shadows to form a blade in her right and held it at her stomach.
"Do you really think you can beat a demon trained boogie monster, I could snap your neck in two. I could puncture your womb where you will never bear a child, or you could drop this subject because Hiei is mine, and I am his. So, if you really think you have a chance, remember this moment and remember that I held your life in my hands," Twyla whispered so only those with very acute hearing could hear her.
For the first time in her life, Jinafire felt something she never thought she would feel, fear, and of all people she never thought that it was because of Twyla of all people. She could feel Twyla's breath on her neck, and feel bloodlust making all her senses regarding Twyla scream at her to run away, so all she could do was nod.
Twyla released her and moved back over by Hiei in an instant, everyone was shocked that she could move so fast, and even more shocked that she beat Jinafire with no effort. "I do believe I am done proving myself strong enough to be with Hiei, now if you don't mind, we need to go find a new spot," Twyla stated before grabbing the hands of both Hiei and Howleen.
"This time though, Yukina, don't lead them there unless asked by one of us, and even then, it had better be an emergency," Hiei stated irritably as they sunk into a shadow thanks to Twyla.
Once they were gone everyone looked at the spot they just disappeared in and let the silence hang in the air, and it was finally broken by Frankie. "Well, I'd say that as far as family reunions go, that was tamer then what I was expecting of him, maybe a little more restraint could have been used though."
The bell rung for lunch to end and the next class to begin, "let's go before we're yelled at by the teacher," Cleo stated as they all began to leave.